nos veíamos entre clase y clasewe saw each other between lessons;entre azul y verdesomewhere between blue and green;un líquido entre dulce y amargoa liquid which is half-sweet, half-sour;dudo entre comprar este o aquelI'm not sure whether to buy this one or that one;lo cogió entre sus manosshe took it in her hands

paso el día entre estas cuatro paredesI spend the whole day within these four walls;se abrieron paso entre la multitudthey forced their way through the crowd;lo vi entre el públicoI saw him in the audience;entre los que conozco es el mejorit's the best of those that I know

está entre los edificios más altos del mundo

empezó a trabajar como mensajero, entre otras cosashe started work as a courier, among(st) other things

2(indicando colaboración, participación)

lo terminamos entre los dosbetween the two of us we finished it

entre tú y yo, no creo que podamos hacerlo

le compraremos un regalo entre todoswe'll buy her a present between all of us;we'll all club together to buy her a present;¿entre cuántos habéis hecho el trabajo?how many of you did it take to do the work?;esto lo solucionaremos entre nosotroswe'll sort that out among(st) o between ourselves

lo haremos entre todosentre todos había doce personas

la cuento entre mis mejores amigasI count her as one of my best friends;entre sí: las mujeres hablaban entre síthe women were talking among(st) themselves;los tres hermanos están muy unidos entre síthe three brothers are very close to each other

3(uso aditivo)

entre viaje y alojamiento nos gastamos 80 euroswe spent 80 euros between the travel and the accommodation;the travel and the accommodation came to 80 euros between them;entre niños y niñas habrá unos veinte en totalthere are about twenty in total, if you count boys and girls;entre que era tarde y hacía frío, decidimos no salirwhat with it being late and cold, we decided not to go out;entre unas cosas y otras no conseguía dormirwhat with one thing and another I couldn't sleep;entre unas cosas y otras se nos hizo de nochebefore we knew it, it was night

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